Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on conscription of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan into active military service and transfer of the servicemen from active military service to reserve units from April 1 to 30, 2016.

Under the order, citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan born in 1998 who are 18 years of age on the day of conscription, as well as those born in 1981-1997 and are under the age of 35 and citizens of Azerbaijan Republic who have no rights of deferral of services in the republic’s armed forces and other military formations are to be conscripted into active military service from April 1 to 30, 2016.

Consequently, soldiers, seamen and sergeants who served a term of service prescribed in the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "On military service" are to be discharged from April 1 to 30, 2016.